
Image Credit: Malcolm Southwood
Title
wulfenite (w. kaolinite and kegelite)
Principal Mineral
Size
Miniature; 35mm
Location in the Mine
Second oxidation zone (?)
Collection
Southwood, M. MS2014.048
Provenance
Grosch, K.
Entry Type
Specimen TSNB425
Description
Amber-coloured wulfenite crystals (to 15 mm) in a shallow vug in corroded sulphide, accompanied by a soft, pearlescent, silky-white intergrowth of kegelite and kaolinite (both XRD indicated).
The specimen is almost certainly from the second oxidation zone and was formerly in the collection of Karlheinz Grosch.
Associated Minerals
kaolinite; kegelite